Constitutional Law
Jun. 28, 2021
Judge ignored facts, law while taking knife to assault weapons ban
Earlier this month, Judge Roger Benitez of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California held in Miller v. Bonta that California’s Assault Weapons Control Act violated the individual Second Amendment right to bear arms.
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Earlier this month, Judge Roger Benitez of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California held in Miller v. Bonta that California's Assault Weapons Control Act violated the individual Second Amendment right to bear arms. Characterizing the constitutional challenge as "an average case about average guns used in average ways for average purposes," Judge Benitez found that California's ban on possession of AR-15s does not pass...
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